click event on a label inside a usercontrol item - wpf

hello i am trying to create a click textblock event on a textblock inside a user control ,
with a button it is simple , using the buttonbase property on the main window but here
i am not sure what to do i will show you my code:
this is my user control:
<Border BorderBrush="Purple" BorderThickness="3" CornerRadius="3" Margin="3" >
<DockPanel>
<Grid DockPanel.Dock="Left">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Foreground="Blue">Message Number:</Label>
<Label Foreground="Blue" Grid.Row="1">Title:</Label>
<Label Foreground="Blue" Grid.Row="2">Message Date:</Label>
<Label Foreground="Blue" Grid.Row="3">Contact Mail:</Label>
<Label Foreground="Blue" Grid.Row="4">Message Type:</Label>
<Label Foreground="Blue" Grid.Row="5">Message Details:</Label>
<Label x:Name="lblMessageNum" Grid.Column="1"></Label>
<Label x:Name="lblTitle" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"></Label>
<Label x:Name="lblMessageDate" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2"></Label>
<Label x:Name="lblContactMail" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="3"></Label>
<Label x:Name="lblMessageType" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="4"></Label>
<Label x:Name="lblMessageDetails" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="5"></Label>
</Grid>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Margin="23,0,0,0" x:Name="tbkRemove">
<Underline>Remove Message</Underline>
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="TextBlock">
<Setter Property= "Foreground" Value="Blue"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property ="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property= "Foreground" Value="Red"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>
</TextBlock>
<Border Grid.Row="1" BorderBrush="Purple" CornerRadius="3" BorderThickness="3" Margin="23,10,6,0">
<Image x:Name="ImgPic" Width="102" Height="110"></Image>
</Border>
</Grid>
</DockPanel>
</Border>
inside this usercontrol i got tbkRemove textblock which should have an event to remove it self (the all user control) from the main window so the code of the click event should be on the main window but how can i make such an event
thanks in advance for your help

i created a new button that looks like a textblock using expression blender so i can bubble it up using buttonbase .

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<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left" />
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The Grid's RowDefintion for the TextBoxes is listed as Auto instead of *. This means the Row will be sized based on the size of the cell contents, not based on the Grid's size. Change this to * so it's size will be based on available space.
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<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
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This was answered a few minutes ago by someone else but now the answer it gone. Try deleting these lines:
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left" />
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As might be overwriting the Stretch
Edit: Ok i tried your code and what you need to change is your Grid RowDefinitions, try
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