A Daily Miracle

03/01/2026

My 6th year of breast cancer survivorship continued this past Thursday with (another!) biopsy, my first since 2021! 💉 I had a benign radiology and clinical exam result at Rochester in January 2026 for 2 “nodules / lesions” on my chest wall, and my breast clinic doctor referred me to my local dermatologist to 1) remove the bumps and 2) have them sent to pathology to confirm a benign result.

My dermatologist took both “nodules / lesions” from my chest wall in her office with local anesthesia (with classic rock music playing over the speakers, how cool is that?! 🤘 🎶 😎 👩🏻‍⚕️) and sent them to pathology to “rule out metastases.” 🙏

While I wait for pathology results, I’ve got a 2 inch incision and 6 stitches in my chest and can’t lift anything heavier than a milk carton 🥛 I can’t work out or raise my heart rate significantly for 2 weeks (!) 🏋️‍♀️ so I’m in a brief season of “forced rest,” and am comforted by the reminders of God’s faithful presence with me through the 27 mammograms, 6 MRIs, 1 CT scan, 5 biopsies, several ultrasounds, and major surgery (double mastectomy with direct to implant reconstruction) I’ve had over the past 6 years. 🙏

Just like I posted last month!, Jesus never leaves us alone on any mountain 🏔️ or in any valley 🏜️ and I know, no matter this test result!, God is always our faithful healer, redeemer, and friend! 🙏😇❤️‍🩹

“I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Wait for and confidently expect the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭27‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭AMP‬‬

10/13/2025

10/04/2025

It’s official: “The Althoff” shirt from is out & it’s lovely!!! Took it for a spin today & it gets 11/10 for comfort, durability, style and… purpose!!! Let’s beat breast cancer together!!

Super cool origin story: Hammer Made 🔨 🧵 does limited runs of their shirts 👔 and occasionally supports specific causes. This month their shirt is named after our dad in honor of his leadership as co-chair of the ’s Men Wear Pink campaign. “The Althoff” represents our family’s cancer journey (mom, twin sister , and me are survivors & our baby sis is a previvor!) & raises awareness & funds to support breast cancer prevention worldwide! There are only 183 of these shirts out in the world 🌎 and 20% of proceeds go to support ’s Men Wear Pink campaign, hooray!

Snag one online: https://www.hammermade.com/products/althoff?variant=41239311810693

or at a Minneapolis mall near you (shoutout to !)

Suns out shirts out!!! Let’s see your breast cancer awareness swag!! ☀️ 💞 👀 🙏🙌

10/04/2025

It’s official: “The Althoff” shirt from Hammer Made is out & it’s lovely!!! Took it for a spin today at the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication University of Minnesota Twin Cities & it gets 11/10 for comfort, durability, style and… purpose!!! Let’s beat breast cancer together!!

Super cool origin story: Hammer Made 🔨 does limited runs of their shirts and occasionally supports specific causes. This month their shirt is named after our dad Jon Althoff in honor of his leadership as co-chair of the American Cancer Society’s Men Wear Pink Minnesota campaign. “The Althoff” represents our family’s cancer journey (mom, twin sister Steph, and me are survivors & our baby sis Jenn is a previvor!) & raises awareness & funds to support breast cancer prevention worldwide! There are only 183 of these shirts out in the world 🌎 and 20% of proceeds go to support ACS’s Men Wear Pink campaign, hooray!

Snag one online (https://www.hammermade.com/collections/men-wear-pink) or at a Minneapolis mall near you (shoutout to Ridgedale Center!)

Suns out shirts out!!! Let’s see your breast cancer awareness swag!! ☀️ 💞 👀 🙏🙌

10/03/2025

is off to a rockin’ start!! 💞 🤘 Dad was featured with Scott Swenson on Good Day Fox 9 to kick off breast cancer awareness month! They got to share some of their story and preview the Men Wear Pink campaign for this year!!

Donate to Jon’s campaign: https://mobileacs.org/7rDiHN

Donate to my campaign: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/ajsteinke

Links in bio!! 🔗🖇️

Every dollar counts!! 💸

…Next up: Saturday 10/4, see you on the field for the fifth annual Kick$ 4 A Cure!!! 🏈 💗 🙌



Thank you for the feature!!! 🎥 🙌 💞

08/02/2025

04/15/2025

Today’s post is celebrating Claire Benway, nominee for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2025 Visionary of the Year!!! Claire is an inspiration to me and so many others for so many reasons beyond simply her being a non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma survivor/thriver, and I wanted to celebrate her amazingness in addition to raising funds for her campaign!!

📍 Donation links in bio and below 📍

Read her post here: https://adailymiracle.com/2025/04/13/lymphoma-visionary-of-the-year-claire-benway-cancer-thriver-jesus-loving-thespian-extraordinaire/

And donate at this link!: https://pages.lls.org/voy/mn/MN25/cbenway

You can also donate through my page for her but all the $$ goes the same place!: https://pages.lls.org/voy/mn/MN25/asteinke

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04/14/2025

Today's post is celebrating Claire Benway, nominee for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2025 Visionary of the Year!!! Claire is an inspiration to me and so many others for so many reasons beyond simply her being a non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma survivor/thriver, and I wanted to celebrate her amazingness in addition to raising funds for her campaign!!

Read her post here: https://adailymiracle.com/2025/04/13/lymphoma-visionary-of-the-year-claire-benway-cancer-thriver-jesus-loving-thespian-extraordinaire/

And donate at this link!: https://pages.lls.org/voy/mn/MN25/cbenway

You can also donate through my page for her but all the $$ goes the same place!: https://pages.lls.org/voy/mn/MN25/asteinke

10/12/2024

Amazing time at the STRIDES walk repping for this morning!!! So thankful for these cancer warriors!! 💞💞💞