For this special Mother’s Day episode of The Jeremiah Show, Jeremiah sits down with the person who shaped his life more than anyone else — his mom, Franny Higgins.

What begins as a conversation about growing up on the Santa Barbara Mesa unfolds into a deeply personal story about love, family, hardship, creativity, motherhood, and finding beauty in ordinary moments. Franny reflects on meeting her husband Terry during the counterculture era of the late ’60s, raising three children across the Pacific Northwest, and eventually creating the warm, nature-inspired world of Franny Annie’s Childcare — a place that has nurtured more than 50 children over the last two decades.

Together, Jeremiah and Franny revisit memories of Shoreline Park, homemade bread, hitchhiking to Oregon, raising children in cabins and farm country, and learning how to hold onto hope through grief and loss. The episode becomes a meditation on resilience, gentleness, and the quiet lessons mothers teach simply by the way they live.

One of the most powerful moments comes when Franny reflects on aging and her early morning walks through Santa Barbara:

“My world… it is so rich. It’s filled with trees. I could spend a lifetime exploring every branch that breathes, every bird that sings.”

This is a heartfelt conversation about memory, family, and the people who shape us forever.

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Photo Credit - Lauren Ross

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CHAPTERS

00:00 — Fire and Rain: Jeremiah’s Mother’s Day opening reflection

11:43 — Franny’s childhood on the Santa Barbara Mesa

14:26 — Talking to trees overlooking the ocean

15:30 — Family trips, Yosemite, Disneyland & growing up with little money