Commemoration

My great-grandmother died on July 20th 2009, ten days before her 99th birthday. We were on summer vacation visiting her (like every other year) when one morning we heard the news. She has always been a role model to me, mostly due to the amazing things she did for us, even at such an age. She went through so many tough years but still lived a great life, and I am sure that it was her will to go. Having seen us a last time, she must have felt so accomplished and ready to leave forever. She deserved to life the long life she was given, and never gave up on anything.
So, my event is her death - simply because it represents the accomplishment of a long, successful lifetime.
"Till the end!" is the phrase to represent the struggle through which we go, until we finally feel accomplished. It also conveys never to give up and to do things fully.
I remember going for a long  run, that day, in the noon sun, between the tobacco and corn fields and found determination in the cloudless sky. So, as a commemorative event, i go for such a run, on her day of death, where ever i may be on vacation, and all my thoughts lead straight to her and to what she means to me.