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• Kelly Andrews-Denney is a 44-year-old mother near Portland, Oregon.
• She taught high school math for 17 years and loved her job until 2020.
• In 2024, she started working at Costco, and her husband says she looks "lighter" coming home.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kelly Andrews-Denney. It has been edited

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