Please write a letter from a daughter to her naval retired father who didn't want her daughter to be in the navy. In this letter, the daughter appreciates her father, shows him her love, but tells him that she's tried everything but the sea is calling her. The sea is her true calling, and she has finally decided to join the navy just like her father who was her ideal. She also tells in the letter that she's leaving home.
Dear Dad,

I can still recall the day you retired from the Navy. It was a happy day for our family. It was when I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be just like you. I wanted to serve my country just like you did.
But we both know you don’t want me to be in the Navy. I understand. You want me to choose a normal career like other girls do. And I tried, I really did. I listened to your advice and tried to live up to your expectations.
But the sea kept calling out to me no matter how much I push it. A voice in my head keeps urging me to follow my heart and my dreams, just like you did.

Dad, I love you. I appreciate everything you have done for me, and everything you have sacrificed for our family. But I need to do this. I need to join the Navy and follow my true calling. I know it won't be easy, but I’m so willing to do it.

I hope you can see it’s not easy for me to write you a letter like this. I have thought long and hard about this, and I know it is the right path for me.
I am leaving home to join the Navy. It’s exciting when I think about what the sea has for me in store. I want to do this, just like you did all those years ago. I’ll miss you, but I know that I am doing the right thing. I hope that one day you can be proud of me, just as I am proud of you.

ILY,
Your daughter.