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How do I write the end?

Bass Communications

At the 2009 Classic, Ken Cook announced that the 2009 Bassmaster Elite Series would be his last as a professional angler. After more than 30 years in the business, including the 1991 Bassmaster Classic title, he is calling it quits. Cook will be blogging his thoughts and emotions throughout season on Bassmaster.com and ESPNOutdoors.com.

How do I write the end? Not really the end, but another start to something else, another chapter.

I have come to a time, spot, place, in which I must make a change. I have made other changes during my life, but this one seems imminently more difficult than any of the others. Of course, the other changes also seemed this way at their times.

Nothing stays the same for long, but life changes are different. Different from changing vehicles, or moving to another town, they are soul stretching changes that define who we are and who we will become. Read More