Christmas blessings from Small-leaved Shamrock!

As 2010 comes to a close, I realize that I should have put the "not at home" sign out here at Small-leaved Shamrock months ago.  The eternal optimist, I had hoped to keep busy at this humble blog despite a hectic year for my family, even if I could not be as prolific a blogger as I had been in the past. 

It was not to be this year! 

Here's hoping that 2011 will find me here more often with lots of new family stories and genealogical discoveries.  In the meantime, a blessed Christmas to you from Small-leaved Shamrock! 

If you'd like to celebrate Christmas with a little bit of Irish flavor, you might enjoy visiting my previously posted articles within my Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories series.  Nollaig Shona Duit!

Famine in the family: Blog Action Day 2008

Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event uniting the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters as they post about the same issue on the same day. This year's theme is POVERTY. The goal, according to the Blog Action Day website, is to raise awareness of poverty and trigger a global discussion.

Read my articles for Blog Action Day 2008 here:

• "Finish your dinner!": A grandmother's wise words on poverty at 100 Years in America
  
• "Denying famine a future": Blog Action Day 2008 at A light that shines again

We are truly a global family on this earth, and part of the family is suffering right now. Read my articles to learn about some of my ancestors' experiences with poverty, the state of poverty and famine in the world today, and some ways that you can help those in need right now.

If you'd like to read more about poverty, visit the Blog Action Day 2008 website for links to the words of more than 12,000 participants worldwide.

No time like the present: Blog Action Day 2008