How do you combine paths?

Hi all.
I had to break a closed path apart, delete a section, and re-do it.  Unfortunately Illustrator has a penchant for deselecting the path you're working on with the pen tool and starting a new one from time to time, so now I have three paths instead of one.  But they all have common end points, ready to join.
I've searched the doc, the forums, and the Web, but haven't found how to join these paths into one.  Not a compound path that remains separable (which is what "Pathfinder" creates), but rather one path as if I'd drawn it continuously.
What to do?
Thanks!

I am begining to be curious to see what kind of artwork you are drawing just to get a better understanding why joining is not working for you.
If the main source of the problem is that the pen does not continue to draw but wants to draw a new path there might be some settings that could be adjusted so it would better suit you. Are you using a Wacom maybe?
Anyway, take a period where you closely watch the pen icon while you are drawing. If the pen discontinues there will appear an x just beside the icon. You can then move the pen to where it left off and a slash will appear at the icon to let you know you can continue.
Under usual conditions the pen only stops drawing the path if you hold down the Cmd key and click on a white area. If that is not the case something else is wrong.
A key can be assigned to a scripts via the Action Panel. Make a new Action. Stop recording and from the fly-out menu: Insert a Menu Item... etc.

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