@lduboeuf, @Moem, @GT, and @Vulpex
Thank you all very much for your responses. I have started to try some of these out. Webber is the first one I downloaded after reading these. It makes a lot of sense for this echo system.
I have my old phone for a bit longer and hope to make the UT phone my only phone moving forward. I am thinking of trying the dual sim out so I can receive messages from the old number for a bit. I want a new phone number from the area code I live in instead of the area code I grew up in.
Thank you all for your help with my transition to UT.