title: Giddy as Charged: The Happy Manual
author: Mary Clista Dahl
description: Mary Clista Dahl grew up learning humor from her father. After attempting stand-up comedy and improvisational classes, she decided on a more stable way of living, opting for a lifelong vocation of advising college students on their careers. Mary continues to moonlight as a humor speaker and advocate. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, local and national newspapers and Reader's Digest. She is an avid writer in the life-capturing genres of humor, nature, inspirational and reflection. She is delighted to have the opportunity to encourage the world to live life laughing.
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  AN ALPHA FOR DAHLIA
  
  
  By L.P. Dillon
  
  
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  Copyright 2021 © L.P. Dillon
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in
  any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other
  electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the
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  Contact [l.p.dillon2018@gmail.com](mailto:l.p.dillon2018@gmail.com) for any
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  Contents
  
  
  [CHAPTER ONE](part0007.html#_Toc65106604)
  
  
  [CHAPTER TWO](part0008.html#_Toc65106605)
  
  
  [CHAPTER THREE](part0009.html#_Toc65106606)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FOUR](part0010.html#_Toc65106607)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FIVE](part0011.html#_Toc65106608)
  
  
  [CHAPTER SIX](part0012.html#_Toc65106609