Disappearing friends Again!

Truthfully, this one isn't disappearing in my definition of the word. He's moving. And i'm happy for him because i understand why, but sad because i can foresee that within a month or so... this friendship will be tested. Moreso than it already has been. And by mothers' day one or the other will have disappeared totally. emails will be passed for awhile, random, at bizarre intervals. those too will taper off. Like a sailboat at sunset, it will gradual and unnoticed until the day he picks up the phone and hears... "This number has been changed and is no longer in service." Painful, the one friend i never thought i had to disappear from.