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There was a very interesting article in the September–October issue of Nursing Research about Sleeping Beauties (SBs) in nursing research. This article and the information are contained resonated with me for several reasons. The first reason is that I learned an SB is a publication that is unnoticed for a long period of time (sleeping) and then becomes interesting to others and cited (awakens) in the literature. This phenomenon has been identified in other disciplines, but this was the first study to identify and analyze the SB phenomenon in the nursing research literature (Kokol, Blažun Vošner, & Vermeulen, 2017). The second reason this article resonated with me is that I am proud to say that after an extensive review of the nursing literature, the authors identified nine SBs, and one was from Journal of Nursing Measurement (JNM). In fact, the work by Wagnild and Young (1993) was the most highly cited of the nine SBs they identified with 517 citations. The concept of resilience slept for about 7 years and then appears to have awakened, as it became useful in nursing research as well as to the general population. The final reason the article by Kokol et al. (2017) resonated with me is that the authors identified that the ideas presented in nursing SBs have global influence and importance outside the nursing research field. JNM serves as a forum for disseminating information on instruments, tools, approaches, and procedures developed or utilized for measuring variables in nursing research, practice, and education. The identification of Wagnild and Young (1993) and an SB validates that JNM serves as an international forum for disseminating information and reaches beyond nursing research, practice, and education to include other disciplines as well. All of this makes me curious about which, if any, of the articles in this issue may prove to be SBs. Maybe the Alcohol, Alcoholism and Alcoholic Attitudes Scale, the Family Structure and Family Functions Scale, the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey, the Person Engagement Index, or any of the other instruments presented in this issue? Time along with sleep patterns will tell.