Hi Susie,
Just now noticed this earlier post of yours. You're now
53, &
my! you're so pretty, & Enthusiastic, I wish you ALL the Best...
Too having read your Profile & Intro, I notice we're
lots...alike.
(except for loving beaches, & horseback skills) - Yes,
Sarasota is just north of St. Pete: were we neighbors, lol
Hey, you can help me with my pooter-skills; don't ask me how LOL
Say, in 3 yrs. you'll be done, just pass them BOARDS,
before almost 60 Why?
'Age-descrimination' : (in this no!-job economy) is
rampant. Factually, it's rabid.
Meaning employers will ask:
No experience?, & Medicare-age? - but you want me to HIRE

you?
um, do pray tell ------> why should I do that?? - but Sir,
you say
I CARE, & want to do God's Will. - yeah,
competitively, it doesn't pass muster, sadly.
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okay: using myself as another example:
1. I have
30+yrs. experience, in so many specialties,
that I keep deleting...

just to fit my Resume one ONE page.
&
2. I have a thick 3-ring binder full of excellent Recommendations,
incldg. DSHS-survey for "Excellent skills & High client satisfaction": uncommon.
&
3. I have given
more years in Community-service,
than I ever got a paycheck for, because of my ongoing LOVE-affair with life, &
my ability to 'seize the moment' if you know what I mean, re Social-Projects...
&
4. tho chronologically near 60, I cont. starting most days with my OFF-ice (skating-moves):
Outside spread eagles, & Split-FLEXability exercises for
my Biellmann spiral, & Spins in socks on the kitchen-floor, before then Jump-roping,in prep for practicing my Waltz-jumps, & Loops...

iow, like a 23 yr. young kid.
So it was only natural that until 5 yrs. ago, any employer seizing my Resume, &
chatting with me for less than 10 minutes, asked:
Name your salary
& Can you start TODAY?

well,
that was then, & this is now. - Susie, the last 5 Interviews I had, they said: "Sadly, you're over-qualified".
tho this is true.
The real-reason, they're hiring 25 year olds, & you can't prove: is
Age-descrimination. 
.