Patricia Coburn


I had been in a life changing accident in 1999. My husband passed away in 2000 and I became a single parent overnight. By 2004 I was extremely depressed and felt like I was failing my child. I prayed about it a lot. I asked God to send me a sign and make sure it is big enough for me to trip over as you know I am not very observant. Well a bus is certainly big enough to notice....lol. I ran some errands one day and the "Newer Partridge Family Bus" passed me on a rural road. I had to pull over and look again. I was like Wow! I got home and started searching on the internet for anything David Cassidy or the Partridge Family and what do I find....A concert dvd of David live in Scotland. I never got to see David in concert. I was born and raised in Maine and he only went there once. I got the dvd and I watched it in tears as the memories floated back to me. I listened and watched it so many times that it cured my depression. I got up one day stood in front of my mirror and stated to myself "You look here girl. When you were a young teen and had two good legs when you were crushing on him and by God, you will again." The very next day I started exercising at the pool. I booked a flight to Tiffin Ohio for a David Cassidy concert. By doing those two things it gave me incentive to hit that pool everyday. Even when I really did not want to, I would think of that concert, smile and head out the door. I wanted to go to that concert without having to use a wheelchair, walker or cane. I had a time limit of 4 months and I pulled it off. I wrote a special letter to David, thanking him for what he and his music had done and do for me. I saw the lady hand it to his manager and point to me when she did. That scared me. I was afraid I would get pulled on stage or something, fall and end up back in a wheelchair. Thank God that did not happen. David just made a simple statement that he was glad his music could have such an impact on someone's life. And I have to say....aside from the night I had my son, that was indeed the best night of my life! I saw him live 3 more times after that. His music continues to play in my house pretty much daily. He was just the best. His voice is so soothing and it always feels like he is singing directly to you. Sorry this was so long. But, I wanted to share it. It also shows the path that God laid out for me to follow to aid in my healing.