Spotlight: Doll #20- Wren Solace

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 I received my 20th doll for my 19th birthday from my nana. I immediately thought "Oh I should've waited a year and gotten my 20th doll for my 20th birthday!" but I'm so glad I didn't. Little did I know that the World By Us line would be quickly retired and Evette would sell out. I also thought, "Oh well I'll just get my 21st doll for my 21st birthday!" Oh how wrong I was, I ended up getting my 28th doll for my 21st birthday. 

I loosely based Wren's character on Evette, well what I knew about Evette. I have to admit I didn't read her book till this year. I wish I read the WBU books sooner, maybe something could've been done to save the line, as it was incredible and I'm so sad that it was retired. Wren is incredibly eco conscious. She picks up any trash she sees. Reduces, reuses and recycles whenever she can. She's a thrifting queen, is at local thrift shops weekly, all the employees recognize her. She carpools whenever possible and for quick trips around town she uses her electric scooter. Wren has type 1 diabetes and is currently training a collie puppy named Toasty to alert to her high sugar spikes and low sugar drops. Wren was the first of my dolls that i gave a disability/condition that wasn't remotely close to anything I have, so I've enjoyed learning about it, even when I accidentally say something wrong, which has happened a couple of times now. I try to be as well informed, scientific, and up to date as I can be when I post about certain disabilities and illnesses, but nobody's perfect and I messed up a couple times. AGIG has always been super, gently correcting me and letting me learning from my mistakes and I'm so, so grateful for that. 

Wren is a cisgender woman and is a lesbian. She grew up in Washington DC and is a Nats fan, much to Kamden's dismay. She has an older sister named Lark.

Feel free to ask questions about Wren in the comments!

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