Love stories
As the world contemplated love in the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, Anna talked to a handful of Vermonters about what love means to them. This series was broadcast on Vermont Public in February 2026.
7-year-old Theo shares his thoughts on love
As a kid, Theo lives in a world that many of us forget as we grow older. But it’s a world that stays with us. The way we experience love in our earliest years informs the way we go on to love ourselves and others for the rest of our lives.
Theo doesn’t know that yet. But he does have some ideas about love that he agreed to share.
Dan and Laura Sudhoff are still in love after 58 years
Dan and Laura Sudhoff have been together for 58 years. Their love story starts in Dumont, New Jersey, in the seventh grade. Since then, they’ve been through a lot together – difficult parents, teenage pregnancy, a move to Vermont, raising two kids in an old farmhouse.
After the loss of a child, spreading love helped Liz Harris move forward
Liz Harris raised five children in the Mad River Valley. She loved all of them, deeply, with that distinct kind of love that a parent feels for their kids.
In 2016, Liz’s teenage daughter, Mary, was in a car accident with four of her friends. A wrong-way driver collided with them on I-89, and all five teenagers died. The accident made national news, profoundly affected the community and changed Liz’s life forever. What’s helped her move forward is to try and spread as much love in the world as she can.