Saying Goodbye

I had dinner with the friend I have had the longest, since 5th grade. We went through all of our schooling together, kept in touch in college, and ended up at the same law school. We went to each others bat mitzvahs and weddings. We have been close and not so close through various times in our lives. Last year she went through a messy divorce, and we became quite close. She has been away for 6 months in Isreal, trying to figure out her life.
Tonight she dropped two bombs on me. She is moving to Israel, permanently. Making Aliyah.
And, she is getting married, to an American who has also made Aliyah. Her children will be Israeli citizens. They will automatically be in the army, and probably fight, because the situation in the middle east will probably still be bad even then.
I'm happy for my friend because she is happy. But I'm sad for me. I've known her most of my life. I wanted her to know my son. And life is so different in Israel. And hard.
This is what she wants, she says, what she needs. She feels like everything in her life brought her to this point. Our sixth grade play was called "The Girl who Captured the Moon." That's what I think she is now-the girl who captured the moon.
Goodbye-I'll miss you.