THERE AND EXPLAINS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT NO ELSE HAS TO STAND IN HIS SHOES.ES REPORTER: EVERY ISSUE OF PLEDAC HERE BY A GRIENT PARENT WHO WAS TAKEN LIFE TOO EARLY. PART OF AN ANNUAL EVE BEINTNG EMPLOYED BY THE MOTHER OF MURDERED SONS AND DAUGHTERS. EVERY DAY KAREN HUTCHINGS WAKES UP, SHE SAYS IT’S A FIGHT. SHE STILL COMES WITH THE FACT THAT SHE WILL NEVER SEE HER SON DONTA AGAIN. >> IT FEELED LIKE A NIGHTMARE AND WALKING AROUND TINRYG TO FIND MY WAY. REPORTER: DONTA WAS GOT SHOT AND KILLED TWO WEEKS AGO AT A GAS STATION IN Portland. IT’S A FEELING THAT SHE WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL SUNDAY. >> THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF THIS YEAR. JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW WE ARE NOT ALONE AND YOU ARE NOT ALONE. REPORTER: HUTCHINGS WAS ONE OF THE MANY PARENTS THAT OSA-KIND PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT, AND POSTED A MINI MEMORIAL ON THE STAGES OF THE HALL OF JUSTICE BUILDI.NG IN FRONT OF THE DISPLAY, MADE YOUR OWN SHOES. >> PURPOSE OF THE EVENTS I HAVE TO SEE THIS BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT ANOTHER MOTHER IN OUR SHOES. I CANNOT TAKE OFF THESE SHOES. I HAVE TO WEAR THEM, NO MATTER HOW BAD IT PAIN, BUT THE SAD ABOUT IT, I HAVE NOT CHOOSE THE SHOES. YOU CHOOSE ME. REPORTER: GROUP OF PARENTS WHO CAN NEVER KNOW EACH OTHER. BUT ALL HAVE ONE COMMON IN COMMON, SORRY. >> IFTEN O YOU SAY MY SON HAS BEEN DEADLY INJURED BUT I HAVE BEEN CRITICALLY WOUNDED AND I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO TREAT THE WOUNDS I HAVE. REPORT: HE HUTCHINGS NOW IS A PART OF OUGRP, A MEMBERSHIP SHE SAYS SHE WANT NO DIFFERENT BUT SHE BELIEVES I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HELP YOU THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. >> I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS GROUP WILL HELP ME WITH THE HEALING. IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH, I CAN TOO. IT WILL NOT BE AN EASY PRO

The event helps parents of children who have been lost to violence to support each other in the grief process

Updated: 11:25 PM EDT August 29, 2021

An event in the city center on Sunday aimed to help those who experienced tragedy. In the Hall of Justice building in downtown Louisville, an organization called Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters (MOMS) will show that parents who have lost a child to violence can always have support during their mourning process Walking A Mile In My Shoes ” and it couldn’t have come at a better time for Karen Hutchings. She said after losing her son two weeks ago it was a struggle to wake up every day and she tries to put up with the fact that she will never see her son Donta again “It feels like I’m in a nightmare,” Hutchings said. “Like I’m just running around trying to find my way.” Donta was in the Portland neighborhood, at the Boone gas station, nearby of pump five when gunshots rang out. He became the 126th murder victim in the city. Since then, Hutchings has been doing everything possible to alleviate the pain, but thought she couldn’t talk to anyone about it because she believed it s nobody would ever understand – until Sunday. said Nicole Cowherd, co-organizer of the event. “This is our life now, so we are forever a sorority or brotherhood, whatever it is.” Hutchings was one of the many lost children who attended the event. The parents took turns placing a mini-memorial of their lost child on the steps of the Justice Hall building. The parents put their own shoes in front of their display. “The whole purpose of the event is to get people to see these shoes because we don’t want any other mother or father walking in our shoes,” said Rose Smith, who lost her son seven years ago. “I can’t take these shoes off no matter what. I have to wear them no matter how much they hurt. The sad thing about it, I didn’t choose these shoes, these shoes chose me. Smith said it was a group from parents who otherwise would never have known each other. In the future, however, they will be bound together forever because they have one thing in common: grief. Smith said, “I don’t want no one to have to feel the wounds that I feel.” Hutchings is now part of the group, a membership that she said she doesn’t want anyone else to do, but just as hard as it is for her Being a part of it, she believes that the only thing that can help her get through this difficult time. “I want to believe that this group will help me heal,” said Hutchings can get away with it, me it can too, it won’t be an easy process, but I’m glad you’re here. ” involved in the coordination process.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –

An event in the city center on Sunday aimed to help those who experienced tragedy. At the Hall of Justice building in downtown Louisville, an organization called Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters (MOMS) is on display, designed to show parents who have lost a child to violence that they will always have support during their grieving process.

The event was called “Keep From Walking A Mile In My Shoes” and could not have come at a better time for Karen Hutchings. She said after losing her son two weeks ago it was a struggle to wake up every day. She tries to come to terms with the fact that she will never see her son Donta again.

“It feels like I’m in a nightmare,” said Hutchings. “Like I’m just running around trying to find my way.”

Donta was in the Portland neighborhood, at the Boone gas station, near pump five, when gunfire rang out. He became the city’s 126th murder victim.

Since then, Hutchings has been doing everything possible to alleviate the pain. However, she thought she couldn’t talk to anyone about it because she believed no one would ever understand – until Sunday.

“The purpose of the event is to show everyone that they are not alone and that we are not alone,” said Nicole Cowherd, co-organizer of the event. “This is our life now, so we are forever a sisterhood or brotherhood, whatever it is.”

Hutchings was one of the many parents who lost a child to attend the event. The parents took turns placing a mini-memorial of their lost child on the steps of the Justice Hall building. The parents put their own shoes in front of their display.

“The whole purpose of the event is to get people to see these shoes because we don’t want any other mother or father walking in our shoes,” said Rose Smith, who lost her son seven years ago. “I can’t take these shoes off no matter what. I have to wear them no matter how much they hurt. The sad thing about it, I didn’t choose these shoes, these shoes chose me.

Smith said it was a group of parents who otherwise would never have known each other. In the future, however, they will be bound together forever because they have one thing in common: grief.

“I often say that my son was fatally injured, but I was critically injured,” said Smith. “I don’t want nobody to have to feel the wounds that I feel.”

Hutchings is now part of the group, a membership that she said no longer wanted. But as difficult as it is for her to be there, she believes that it is the only thing that can help her get through this difficult time.

“I want to believe that this group will help me heal,” said Hutchings. “If you can do it, so can I. It won’t be an easy process, but I’m glad you are here. “

Next year the group (MOMS) is planning a new program called “Saving Our Children’s Kids”. The hope is to get young adults involved in the electoral process.