“There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God While 2017 and 2018 were hard years of keep-you-up-at-night, loss-of-loved-ones, identity-altering questions, 2019 was a year that answered in so many ways. I look back on where I was a year ago, and 2 years ago, and how eager I was for 2019 to begin just so I could leave 2018 and 2017 behind and move on with my life, wherever it was headed. This year, I leave 2019 behind with such hope and excitement for what 2020 has in…