KLAMATH FALLS — Stormie Leavitt lies on a black reclining chair in Bob Klem’s multicolored tattoo parlor.

Klem, a pastor and owner of 13th Tribe, is tattooing a marine life scene featuring dolphins, fish, a seahorse and a sea turtle on Stormie’s right leg.

Watching are Stormie’s biological grandmother and adoptive mother, Jan Leavitt, and her biological aunt and adoptive sister, Shawna Augustine.

“I’m going to get an octopus and more fish over here,” Stormie says pointing to her left leg. “Then I’ll be done … For now.”

Since December, Stormie, 24, has spent almost 50 hours in Klem’s tattoo parlor, literally covering up scars of her past.

Large portions of her body now sport brightly colored tattoos, covering scarring from burns she received in a house fire when she was four months old. The fire killed her mother and brother.

Across her chest and up the right side of her neck are 31 moss roses, representing 31 major surgeries she has undergone in her life.

Both of her wrists are decorated with tattooed bracelets, and there are a variety of smaller tattoos on her calves, arms and back.

Two names, Yvonne and Toby, are etched on her left shoulder. That tattoo honors the memories of her late mother and brother.

“It doesn’t hurt too bad,” Stormie says. “After five minutes, your skin goes numb. You just feel the vibration.”

Klem, whose white baseball cap reads “God’s Team,” volunteered his services.

“I’ve known Stormie since she was about 14,” he says. “I didn’t have to think too long about whether it was something I wanted to be part of.

“It’s been so humbling for me,” he adds. “As a man of faith, it’s been wonderful to pour out my love into someone else’s life like that.”