Ok so this just got me so...I dunno...angry and frustrated.

My friend Rachel needs a ride to school pretty much any day possible in the morning because she is always arriving late because her mom has a pain disorder of some sort and has trouble taking Rachel to school everyday. So I asked my mom if she could like take Rachel to school with me but she totally refused because the extra 5 minutes was too much. I wasn't angered by that and I totally understand how tight time is because she has to go to work but she even refused on the days she doesn't have work til 8 or days where my brother was off. My friend even offered to pay the gas and my mom still refused. I don't know what's up with her. As soon as I suggested the offer she was just said no as if to say "Oh hell no!"

No that's not what got me pissed off. What got me pissed off was what she said. She said, "Rachel has a mom! You don't even have a father. You should care more about your family than other people!" I was about ready to cry because that was total unfairness. My father might not be alive but Rachel's father isn't around to help her and she has a brother that can't help her either because he's in college. I happen to be more fortunate than her and my mom has the audacity to say that she doesn't need anybody else to help her because she has everything?

I understand that family is important but there's that one trait I dislike the most in my mom. Although she may be generous to friends and such, she doesn't have any true care like I do. I can't help it if I have deep concern for a friend. I felt helpless at that moment even though I didn't need to be. I can't help it if I take other people's problems as my own and share the emotion. I don't see anything wrong with caring about other people and it should be a good deed to be passionate about giving aid to others but I guess my mom doesn't seem to understand all that.

Whatever. Now I just feel really bad for my friend because I don't like that her mom is having to force herself to get up and drive so early in the morning everyday in her condition.