High School Couple Reunite 40 Years After Giving Baby Up

There’s nothing like a good love story to truly make your heart skip a beat. There’s just something about two people being brought together by God that brings a smile to your face. Michele Newman and Dave Lindgren’s love story was nearly 40 years in the making. These two were high school sweethearts at a high school in Loyal, Wisconsin. Michele was a sophomore and Dave was a senior, but their romance eventually fizzled out.

Soon after their breakup, Michele found out that she was pregnant with Dave’s child. Dave had already started a new relationship and Michele did not want to mess anything up for him, so she made the difficult decision to put the baby up for adoption. When Martin Schmidt, Michele and Dave’s son, was expecting a child of his own, Martin’s wife urged him to find out about his biological parents. So Martin decided to reach out to his birth mother with help from the Wisconsin Department of Family and Children.

Michele said that, “To hear his voice and to be talking to him really was a dream come true.” After speaking with Martin, Michele decided to contact Dave and let him know she was in contact with their biological son. Once they started talking again, Michele and Dave started to rekindle their romance.

Recently, the two decided to get married and Martin even served as the officiant. This is such an incredible family story of love, loss and finding love again. God definitely had a hand in this and I’m sending a big congratulations to this couple.