When faced with tragedy of any kind, it is typical to ask yourself (or maybe some higher power) "why me?" Why am I the person who has to go through so much pain and adversity.

You may be watching everyone around you live such happy and successful lives without any struggles close to your own and wondering why you, out of all people, had to be the one to go through so much hardship.

Two months ago, my boyfriend adopted the perfect cat. For two months he played and cuddled with us and did everything a perfect and healthy cat would do. This week he stopped playing and started sleeping almost all day.

We told ourselves he was just getting used to things again because we had just gotten back from vacation. After worrying about it for a few days, we took him to the vet. It turns out things were much worse than we thought.

After months of being a perfect and healthy cat, he was diagnosed with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). In short, he has a lot of liquid in his stomach, and he will most likely only live for another month or so.

This is the second time my boyfriend has adopted a cat that ended up having life-threatening health problems. You can imagine the pain he was feeling when he asked me with tears in his eyes, "Why me?" My simple response was, "I don't know."

But, I was reminded of a video I had watched months ago by family vlogger, Acacia Kersey titled "We Are So Blessed". In this video, her and her husband announced that their second daughter was diagnosed with a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), which affects the heart.

Through tears, she said, "We want to express how blessed we feel to be given this opportunity to be the people that get to care for her and get to love her."

Her husband added, "Your first thought is why me or why us, and then you start to realize, why not us?"

In this video the couple expressed the turnaround that many people feel when experiencing any kind of tragedy; from questioning why you are so unlucky to accepting that you are strong enough to get through it.

I don't know why my boyfriend has had to grieve for the only two pets he has adopted, but I know he is strong enough to give his cat a fantastic life until the end, and I am strong enough to love and support him going through this process.