An essay is presented that examines how the perspectives of author Anna McCall Watson on motherhood, women's rights, and plantation life evolved from 1849 until her death in 1901 using the medium of her scrapbook. Topics mentioned include Watson's scrapbook in 1890 titled "Stealing a Kiss," the significance of scrapbooking to many women in the 19th century, and challenges of the physical aspects of scrapbooking to historians.