Hey, thanks so much for your comment and kind words! I really appreciate it.
For the motif, it is there from the beginning, but I deliberately composed this so it doesn't really take center stage until the Coda at the end. For example, the opening piano phrase from 0:03 to 0:05 has the motif at the tail end of the phrase in a elongated form, and the piano + choir melody from 0:05 to 0:10 also has the motif starting at 0:08. Also, during the Development A, the synth piano playing single notes in the background at 0:38, 0:51, 0:57, 1:04, and 1:06 is playing a reversed, extremely elongated variation of the motif.
I was playing around with how to naturally integrate the motif into the various melodies and accompaniment, but maybe I should've highlighted it more when it appears... I'll keep that in mind going forward!
Thanks for listening!