Live While Growing is a poetry book reflecting on what it means to be yourself and how exactly we get there. It journeys through life's most pivotal moments, defining experiences, and stages of life to explore identity with a message of vulnerability and introspection. Coming face to face with some of life's hardest realities, the author expresses raw truths that she has dissected and pieced back together with beautiful word imagery that will prompt the reader to reflect on themselves as they journey through the book. From caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly, this book puts words to what it means to be you in every stage of life and makes space for grace through the journey.