As i was growing up, my mother didn’t simply encourage my creative endeavors; she served as my amanuensis.
source: the new yorker

in this sentence, amanuensis means:

a a person who deals tactfully with others
b a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
c someone skilled in the transcription of speech
d someone who frequently makes harsh judgments

a. googly eyed

explanation:

the term "googly eyed" just sounds humourous to us. : )

the apollo program, also known as project apollo, was the third united states human spaceflight program carried out by the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the moon from 1969 to 1972.

your eyes are the first things that you open