"If Daniel cried, you knew he was in a lot of pain," she said.

Amy said he kept up a brave front until the very end. Daniel told his mom to say these words if he should die on the battlefield: "You tell them I love God. I love my country. I love protecting my country. I died doing what I loved."

Amy said her son was behind President George Bush 100 percent, which is why he reenlisted this year. She said that's why she can't speak against the war.  "How he feels is what I feel," she said.

But Amy admitted there were times she wanted to call President Bush and ask him to send her son home. Amy said Daniel would tease her and tell her that George wouldn't to listen to her anyways.

"He served with pride," she said.

Tears well up in Amy's eyes and she covers her mouth when she recalls the day she heard about his death. At 7:50 a.m. on Sunday Amy heard her dog barking outside. She went to her window to see what was going on.

Two army officials were walking towards her door. She knew what the news would be. They started their announcement with the infamous words: "We regret to inform you that Staff Sgt. Morris has died…"

"They are very nice," said Amy about the officials. " But they are so formal."

The last time Amy talked with Daniel was right before he left for Iraq in September. The last time she saw him was in June, when he came home to celebrate his daughter Alexys' 10th birthday.

Glenn said the army officials came to his residence at 8:30 a.m. He said he went into denial when he saw the officials arriving at his doorstep.

"You're hoping that they are going to tell you he is wounded," Glenn said.

The last time Glenn saw Daniel was in July when he visited Fort Hood. The last time he talked with Daniel was two weeks ago.

Amy said Alexys is holding up well and has declared she now has two angels: her father and her deceased dog Astro.

"She's a trouper," said Cassidy, Daniel's sister. "She is just like her daddy."

Amy said Daniel loved his family and kept in touch them via telephone and email. Amy admits that she hasn't erased nine messages from Daniel that sit on her answering machine.

Daniel's brother Adam described his older brother as "quiet" and "goofy." His sister Cassidy would agree that Daniel was goofy.

He liked to tease her, a price she had to pay for being the only girl and the middle child. She remembered an incident where Daniel took a picture of her with her hair up in rollers. He liked to show the picture to his army buddies.

With a glint of humor in her eyes, Cassidy said Daniel was the one who always picked on her.

"He would start it," she said. "I would never start it."

Amy chuckles at her daughter's statement.

"They rarely argued," said Amy.

Amy said her son not only loved his family and his country, but had a love for God, too.

"He was more religious than any of us," she said with laughter.

Glenn said when Daniel joined the service he found religion when he served in Germany. This is the same kid who his father described as "wild" in his high school years.

Amy said Daniel became stronger within himself and his beliefs.

"He felt God was calling him to re-enlist," she said.

Amy said her son wanted to go to Bible college to become a minister. He was an active member of New Testament Christian Church in Texas.

Amy said her son was a "working Christian." She said he liked to invite people to church. She added he purchased a car just so he could drive people to church services.