Harbinger

This word, harbinger, has played around in my head for the last little while.  It is a neat word and rolls off of the tongue rather smartly.  I had heard it said that the robin is the harbinger of spring.  When you think about it there are lots of harbingers in our lives.  The other day I saw one and it made me laugh out loud.  From the kitchen sink I am able to see Bob come out of the garage when he gets home.  On this particular day, he was carrying an orange gallon container.  This container had been placed in a majorly translucent bag so the container is very obvious.  That is when the word harbinger popped into my head.  This orange container is the harbinger of all the upcoming lab tests that Bob needs to have done....again.  I am so thankful that the doc keeps him on such a close cancer watch even tho the numbers are low and point to really---no active cancer---those tests come around with such regularity.  This is the last week of chemo for this cycle, next week---is test week-- which is the harbinger of the visit to Tom Baker for the test results.